Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March Maine Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 13,955 59,100 35,513 23,587 45,145 26,785 18,360 March 1995 12,310 57,248 38,274 18,974 44,938 28,172 16,766 March 1996 1,238 52,372 33,887 18,485 51,134 32,228 18,906 March 1997 7,517 57,034 40,936 16,098 49,517 29,951 19,566 March 1998 14,455 63,195 38,818 24,377 48,740 30,572 18,168 March 1999 14,539 61,005 41,661 19,344 46,466 31,211 15,255 March 2000 16,471 63,534 44,476 19,058 47,063 31,447 15,616 March 2001 4,351 60,150 42,903 17,247 55,799 39,594 16,205 March 2002 -6,233 55,047 36,897 18,150 61,280 40,256 21,024 March 2003 -1,350 49,129 33,051 16,078 50,479 33,232 17,247 March 2004 4,009 52,966 36,414 16,552 48,957 31,829 17,128 March 2005 -1,195 49,564 32,233 17,331 50,759 33,251 17,508 March 2006 4,216 49,898 33,420 16,478 45,682 30,558 15,124 March 2007 3,891 50,704 33,024 17,680 46,813 31,420 15,393 March 2008 2,493 49,071 33,424 15,647 46,578 31,123 15,455 March 2009 -21,109 40,872 25,452 15,420 61,981 44,220 17,761 March 2010 -5,824 41,098 27,327 13,771 46,922 33,394 13,528 March 2011 2,364 42,794 30,788 12,006 40,430 26,736 13,694 March 2012 4,133 43,808 31,694 12,114 39,675 26,961 12,714 March 2013 1,344 41,208 29,412 11,796 39,864 27,738 12,126 March 2014 5,576 43,608 31,540 12,068 38,032 26,904 11,128 March 2015 4,555 42,124 31,364 10,760 37,569 27,039 10,530 March 2016 9,742 47,506 34,842 12,664 37,764 25,421 12,343 March 2017 6,123 45,986 32,414 13,572 39,863 27,805 12,058 March 2018 4,987 46,151 32,744 13,407 41,164 27,763 13,401 March 2019 7,182 48,784 33,973 14,811 41,602 28,380 13,222 March 2020 -83 45,717 32,139 13,578 45,800 32,315 13,485 March 2021 -11,578 51,620 35,217 16,403 63,198 49,078 14,120 March 2022 18,815 63,676 43,378 20,298 44,861 31,690 13,171 March 2023 9,702 57,049 39,836 17,213 47,347 31,592 15,755 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.